TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208563 [ 2024TNSTR1234....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-27 19:19:57
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

H. Tranin, F. Stoppa, D. Pieterse, G. Ramsay, S. Faris, P. Groot, P. Vreeswijk, on behalf of the BlackGEM consortium report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024hiq
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J130014.31-214751.3
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:00:14.315 (195.059646) DEC = -21:47:51.30 (-21.797583)
Discovery date: 2024-04-27 02:57:21.000 (JD=2460427.6231597)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-27 02:57:21.000
Flux: 19.81 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-01-25 06:25:25
Limiting flux: 20.26 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024hiq